diff --git a/package/python-fonttools/python-fonttools.hash b/package/python-fonttools/python-fonttools.hash
index b83663e8fb..61dfad4f79 100644
--- a/package/python-fonttools/python-fonttools.hash
+++ b/package/python-fonttools/python-fonttools.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/fonttools/json
-md5  55a7d3d40e191410bbe604d0d795baa4  fonttools-4.61.0.tar.gz
-sha256  ec520a1f0c7758d7a858a00f090c1745f6cde6a7c5e76fb70ea4044a15f712e7  fonttools-4.61.0.tar.gz
+md5  98125fbc3dd9254fd8b95c309138b837  fonttools-4.61.1.tar.gz
+sha256  6675329885c44657f826ef01d9e4fb33b9158e9d93c537d84ad8399539bc6f69  fonttools-4.61.1.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256  6787208f83f659ccbc2223b2fde952ffa6f7e8aca62f1a8a2bf5bc51bb1b2383  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-fonttools/python-fonttools.mk b/package/python-fonttools/python-fonttools.mk
index 592ef51354..85c589b616 100644
--- a/package/python-fonttools/python-fonttools.mk
+++ b/package/python-fonttools/python-fonttools.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_VERSION = 4.61.0
+PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_VERSION = 4.61.1
 PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_SOURCE = fonttools-$(PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/33/f9/0e84d593c0e12244150280a630999835a64f2852276161b62a0f98318de0
+PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ec/ca/cf17b88a8df95691275a3d77dc0a5ad9907f328ae53acbe6795da1b2f5ed
 PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_FONTTOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE